[For those that are late to the party, I’m doing the 100 Happy Days challenge.]
Day 16: 1 March
I visited a friend who is having a baby, which took me to Tung Chung after ages. On the train ride there, I caught glimpses of the open sea and this picture does not do the beauty of the vista justice. However, that was not my biggest happy for the day. At the friend’s, I held the one-month-old baby and discovered I still have it in me to do the rock-and-calm routine. But even that wasn’t my biggest happy. Proving how utterly superficial I am, my biggest happy came when I entered the CityGate outlet malls after a gap of seven years and bought a Calvin Klein dress that hid my tummy for a huge discount.
Day 17: 2 March
The time I spent with the kids on the weekend was a blast as usual. This is Mimi on her very first tram ride. She wasn’t as into it as Benji, but it was still a thrill for me to introduce this quintessential form on Hong Kong transportation to her.
Day 18: 3 March
Despite the happy moments, it had been a tough week and I was having a minor panic attack. Then MinCat came back from holiday and ordered me to calm down and I proceeded to vent to her and felt better. Then I ordered her to take a photo for this project and she did without being reminded also. How awesome is she?
Day 19:4 March
While cutting out stuff for Benji for his school project from my fashion mag stash, I realised that the kids love sticking these glossy bits of paper. So I instituted the collage tradition. I cut out bits for them and then they stick them onto another piece of paper or they use my craft cutter to cut out shapes, and whee and hour goes by! And I get to browse the magazine while doing this.
Day 20: 6 March
I needed to get a pee test done, and while I told my boss, I’d be out of office for a bit, I was tres happy to be no later than half an hour. A small thing, but I was pleased. It’s nice when things run like clockwork.
Day 21: 6 March
Watching Happy videos. The Hong Kong one showcased the city so beautifully, but I must say that I enjoyed the Bangalore one more just for the exuberance of the dancers. Mumbai needs one…any takers?
Day 22: 7 March
There’s always a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in these posts. So, today I thought the happiest thing that was going to happen was my very yummy cup of lemon-honey-orange peel juice. I always feel happy when I manage to order something right.
Then an email popped into my inbox and I was informed that I had got the fellowship I applied for. I can tell you I almost died. This is the first time I can ever recall crying for joy. I cried when my kids were born but that was a mix of many emotions. This was pure underadulterated omgomgomgomg joy. I had put so much into the application, so many people had pulled together for me, and finally I had given up hope of getting this fundingΒ though I was almost certain of getting a regular place. I certainly didn’t expect the result so soon so I was totally totally shocked. There are still admin procedures to go through and I will continue to be traumatised until it’s all completed, but this makes it all so much easier. Most of all, it’s a huge validation because it’s very very competitive.
My cup runneth over, you guys.
richly deserved running over i say!
i’ve been wanting to take a gansta pic for a while anyway hee. also i will our lovely office loos so it was nice to commemorate. yes my own house has terrible light where mirrors are. something i keep planning to fix…
i will miss our office loos…
I can’t see the loo though. Maybe the new loo will be better?
no it’ll be proper corporate stall loo. these are like nice home loos granite and all, pot and basin in each.
Holymolyyy that is a huge happy! GO, girl! Im happy for you π
Many, many Congratulations Bride! Can’t think of anyone who is more deserving of doing a fellowship! And that I say just from having read you in the last 2 years. Your posts are always well researched, unbiased, giving all angles of the subject and most importantly respectful to a contra point of view. So cant think of anyone who’d be able to do complete justice to whatever topic you choose for your dissertation. So glad that your happy just got so euphoric! π
Congratulations on the fellowship Bride, Completely agree with Pal here.
Hope to read you in book form some day π
Yay yay yay on the fellowship. So how long till we start calling you ‘Dr.Bride’?
I want a gangsta picture like MinCat. Sadly neither cool enough nor in posession of required hoodie. Goal for 2014?!
Hawwww, everyone must have a hoodie!
ooo someone thinks im cool! hee. kisten there must be boys in the vicinity, one will have a hoodie, as you can see it doesn’t need to zip up or anything
Yay!! So happy for you! Congratulations.
Yay!! Congrats!
Fact: positive thoughts (aka happiness + gratitude) can manifest amazing things in your life. Very well deserved π
congrats babes. so very proud of you as a regular reader, commenter of your wonderful blogs. You go girl! Big celebrations in the offing? π
That’s so great about your fellowship. Congratulations!!! π
So happy for you, Bride! Hope you get to celebrate it this weekend.
P.S. The pic of Mimi peering out of the tram is the cutest!
Dear all, thanks for the wishes! It’s nice to have all of you blog buddies rooting for me. I’m trying to keep the happy in check till I’ve completed the admission formalities, but it’s hard to. I keep sneaking peaks at the email and smiling.
Congrats congrats congrats congrats Bride..for all the hard work you have put in…you totally deserve it!!
and oh Mincat looks so adorable :):) she makes a cute gangster π
*blush*
thereby proving I ain’t no gansta because i should have threatened to punch you no?
Woot!
Of course, this doesn’t mean you get a free pass to not blog, kk?
Long time reader, first time commenter. So excited for you. I started something this year and have been living vicariously through you. Wish you the very best. Good luck!
Many congratulations! I hope you’ll continue blogging, I look forward to reading about your life in academia. All the very best to you in getting through the formalities without hassle.
Huge congrats, Bride. All the best for the formalities.
Thanks Dipali!